Phish.net API v5 Documentation

Table of Contents

• API v5 Docs
  • Methods
  • Request Structure
  • Authentication
  • Additional Parameters
  • Formats
  • Data Storage
  • Attribution
  • Credits
• Example API Calls
• Error Messages
• Callbacks
• Special Methods
• Sample Project @ Github
• Terms of Use

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APIs powered by the data of Phish.net. The current API version is v5.

All valid requests to the API will begin with https://api.phish.net/v5.

Methods

• artists - return artist data
• attendance - return information about show attendance^[1]
• jamcharts - return jam chart data
• reviews - return data about show reviews^[1]
• setlists - return setlist data
• shows - return show data
• songdata - return extended song data, including lyrics and history
• songs - return song data
• users - return data about a user
• venues - return venue data

[1]: See special methods

API Request Structure

• all data returned via a method: /[version]/[method].[format]
• specific row in a method: /[version]/[method]/[ID].[format]
• all rows matching a query: /[version]/[method]/[column]/[value].[format]

You can effectively "query" for a field using the above. To find a given setlist, you can use /v5/shows/showdate/YYYY-mm-dd.json. To get all setlists containing a specific song, /v5/setlists/song/songname.json or better yet /v5/setlists/slug/url-friendly-song-name.json.

Be sure to see our example calls for more.

Authentication

With each request, your API key must be included via either a POST or GET parameter. Data can be passed by URI. Your requests may be rate-limited.

You can request API keys here.

Additional Parameters

Additional parameters may be passed via query string:

• order_by: name of column to sort by
• direction: direction to sort, either asc or desc (default asc)
• limit: number, maximum number of results to return
• no_header: if requesting data in HTML format, the argument _noheader will suppress the Phish.net banner
• callback: if requesting data in JSON format, sending a callback will wrap the resulting JSON file in a callback function call

e.g., /[version]/[method]/[column]/[value].[format]?order_by=[column]&direction=[direction]&apikey=[apikey]&callback=my_function

Formats

Available formats are JSON (.json) and HTML (.html). Some methods may support XML (.xml).

Data Storage

Unlike previous versions of our API, local storage is permitted, however, we request that you periodically refresh your data so that you are not presenting users outdated data.

We highly encourage you to cache frequently accessed data locally. API usage is tracked and apps that demand too much data, or data too frequently, will be disabled.

Note that Phish.net API response data itself is cached for a short period. If you are looking to embed data from an in-progress show, you will need to use a special method that are forthcoming.

Attribution and Usage

Use of the API is governed by our terms of use.

Credits

Some parts of the API code use parts of a project called DB-to-API.